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HelpRe: We talk about the slaughter of spellings, what about pronunciations? (ETA)
in reply to a message by Ceridwen
That is insane that people can't pronounce Joanie. Seriously. The way they're saying Keith though just sounds like someone saying it with a major Southern accent. :P
I've never had any pronunciation problems with my own first name, but I have had people misread or mishear it as Sharon, Shawna, or Janet.
ETA: I just thought about my cousin. Her name is Danielle, and she's told me more than once about people not being able to pronounce her name right. They'll say it like Dani-elle or Daniel. It's a popular name, I just don't get it!
I've never had any pronunciation problems with my own first name, but I have had people misread or mishear it as Sharon, Shawna, or Janet.
ETA: I just thought about my cousin. Her name is Danielle, and she's told me more than once about people not being able to pronounce her name right. They'll say it like Dani-elle or Daniel. It's a popular name, I just don't get it!
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Danielle is a popular name, but pronunciation differs around the globe. Where I live it is Dani-elle. Any other way sounds lazy and wrong to me. ;)
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My name is Danielle. I get called Daniel all the time. It's really frustrating! Though I've never gotten Dani-elle.
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Maybe this is why there are all those crazy spellings prevalent now. Maybe reading standards are dropping and people can't read names they don't know, and so they use phoenetics to write the name down when naming their own kid. Most of us have these new names wrong, you just have to read them out aloud and you get it :)
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It bothers me so much...
How so many people don't grasp the concept of proper phonetics. I've seen someone spell their daughter's name "Halley" and insist it was pronounced like Haley. *facepalm*
I was just talking to my husband this morning about this thread and how I don't understand how some people have such a hard time with pronounciations. I understand the occasional person having some sort of learning disability or just having linguistic stuff not really click for them, but the general population should be better at it than I think they are.
How so many people don't grasp the concept of proper phonetics. I've seen someone spell their daughter's name "Halley" and insist it was pronounced like Haley. *facepalm*
I was just talking to my husband this morning about this thread and how I don't understand how some people have such a hard time with pronounciations. I understand the occasional person having some sort of learning disability or just having linguistic stuff not really click for them, but the general population should be better at it than I think they are.
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